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Q. What makes Venus's flytrap plants devour insects?
A.M., Boston
A. The flytraps consume insects to obtain nitrogen, which is largely
absent in the bog soil of coastal North and South Carolina, where the
plants are native. Widely cultivated as novelty plants, t...
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ASK THE GLOBE / GOT A GRIPE?
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ASK THE GLOBE GOT A GRIPE?
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Edna Shea, 81; Ask the Globe's former editor, problem solver
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